SpaceX's newest spaceflight tech has to launched to the final frontier for the first time. The company's Starfall capsule took to the skies on its debut mission today (June 23), following SpaceX's ...

SpaceX on Tuesday launched the new Starfall capsule on its first test flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. The rocket lifted off around 4:30 pm IST and SpaceX confirmed the ...

SpaceX is preparing to test Starfall, its new orbital cargo capsule that could one day be used for automated orbital labs or as depots to store military equipment in space, ready for immediate ...

A Falcon 9 lifts off June 23 from Cape Canaveral on the Starfall Demo mission. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — SpaceX launched the first test flight of its Starfall reentry capsule June 23, but the ...

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SpaceX launched Starfall on Tuesday morning, June 23, 2026, putting its secretive disk-shaped cargo return capsule into low Earth orbit for the first time. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Space ...

SpaceX often gives its rockets, satellite constellations and even its ground-based infrastructure clever, cosmic-inspired names. The Falcon 9 rocket, for instance, is named after the Millennium Falcon ...

SpaceX is preparing to fly its first Starfall prototype on Tuesday, June 23, in a low-profile demo that could upend the economics of an entire emerging industry. The disk-shaped reentry capsule — ...